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welcome to the cotkey ride home for Friday, January 29th, 2021.

I'm Jackson Bird.

What did everyday Romans in Pompeii eat?

An archaeologist has tried to reconstruct their meals.

Merriam Webster has added 520 new words to the dictionary. How do they decide which

words get added and a sci-fi dictionary to explore this weekend? Plus, Spotify wants to try to

guess your music taste based on the tone of your voice. Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

Back in December, archaeologists at the archaeological park of Pompeii announced that they

had further excavated the thermopyum of Reggio Quinta, Reggio the 5th.

So Reggio the 5th is in the northeastern section of Pompeii,

and the thermopulium basically translates to a snack bar. And this specific one was partially excavated

in the spring of 2019, and just a couple of months ago, it was announced that the snack bar

had been fully excavated, revealing food residue, animal bones, ample art

adorning the bar, ceramic storage containers, or dahlia, and the remains of some victims

who were at the snack bar when Mount Vesuvius erupted. Quoting Atlas Obscura, the space's large

masonry counter was adorned with frescoes

depicting scenes of daily life inside the venue, such as flagons and cooking implements hung above the

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